Tag Archives: storm

Good Monsters?

Posted on May 18, 2024 by mitchteemley

Illustration by Nina Pommelin The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode click here. To read it from the start, click here. Zack and Gina’s newfound friends Maerith and Shelcor had agreed to sail them … Continue reading →

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Sailing Into the Unknown

Posted on May 4, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: Sisko1701 The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode click here. To read it from the start, click here. Gina had been given a magical sword to aid in her search for the Questing … Continue reading →

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A Movie Scene I’d Like to See

Posted on June 4, 2019 by mitchteemley

Night on a raging sea. Before us, weathering the storm, is Noah’s Ark. Inside, timbers creak. Noah’s family huddles by lantern light. One of Noah’s three sons has just finished playing the harmonica. There is a pause. Then Noah turns … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 104

Posted on February 21, 2018 by mitchteemley

There is nothing we fear and desire in such equal measure as the unknown.

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Fearfully and Wonderfully

Posted on January 28, 2018 by mitchteemley

“If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night,’ even the darkness is not dark to you, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to … Continue reading →

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A Calm in the Midst

Posted on September 21, 2017 by mitchteemley

Some speak of a calm before the storm but there is a calm in the midst of the storm that comes from knowing you are not alone The Western Hemisphere has been struck by a monstrous alphabet of storms. First … Continue reading →

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Wipe That Smug Look off Your Face

Posted on April 29, 2017 by mitchteemley

I love the reflection off Lake Basement in the morning. “Wipe that smug look off your face” was one of my father’s go-to sayings. I hated to be humbled. Still do. But my heavenly father is also in the humbling business, so … Continue reading →

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Icy Beauty

Posted on January 14, 2017 by mitchteemley

(Click on individual images to read commentary.) The world is born in the spring rejoices in summer and bundles its blessings in autumn But only in the winter does it learn who it is

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The Wishing Map 107

Posted on November 14, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Twenty-One: “Hey-fah for the Sea!” (Continued) Previously: Gina and Zack realized the sea monsters were actually there to rescue them. ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ They’d been traveling for perhaps an hour … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 106

Posted on November 11, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Twenty-One: “Hey-fah for the Sea!” (Continued) Previously: What could be worse than capsizing in a storm? Sea monsters! ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ The dark, slick figure emerged right next to Zack … Continue reading →

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